[Sca-cooks] Partly OP: Brown vs. white rice?

[Terry Decker]

There was considerable trade from England and the northern European seaports
into the Mediterranean.  Until it turned Protestant under Henry the Eighth,
England would have been freely trading with any of the Catholic countries it
wasn't at war with.  Even then, the English could have continued trading
with the Moslems, as they did for sugar and spices.

Bear

>I wouldn't deny that possibility/probability  -  Terry posted some
>details of rice production around the Mediterranean.  However I did say
>in my earlier post that I was referring to northern Europe, more
>specifically England.
>
>- Doc